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Why combining assessments and LMS technology is essential

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Testing can help students better retain and recall what they studied, not only for the final exam, but as part of their overall educational development. The Testing Effect and LMS Technology. Researchers from the University of Delaware tested the impact of enabling quizzes through LMSs in a series of university-level courses.

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Looking to Eliminate Dropouts? How Idaho Reached English Language Learners with a ‘Hybrid’ Course Experiment

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Our solution came about in the form of hybrid courses for students—a mix of asynchronous curriculum and regular, scheduled synchronous sessions. The Utility of Hybrid Courses. For those of you struggling to integrate fully online courses—or fully in-person courses—into your school models, consider this.

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Is Higher Ed Really Ready to Embrace Hybrid Learning?

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For example, colleges tend to maintain control of systems that are highly regulated (like financial aid) or highly academic (like recruiting faculty), according to Garrett, and they’re likely to outsource operations that require technology they don’t have (like exam proctoring) or that benefit from an outside perspective (like market research).

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As Student Engagement Falls, Colleges Wonder: ‘Are We Part of the Problem?’

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What we are hearing is students are personally overwhelmed, emotionally overwhelmed—and facing financial hardship, technology issues and difficulties with child care that are preventing them from logging on,” says Tim Renick, founding executive director of the National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University.

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Does Online Education Help Low-income Students Succeed?

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In contrast—and as was found in many studies—students were equally likely to complete a hybrid course, one that delivers both face-to-face and digital components—as to complete a face-to-face course. The report also showed that in other outcomes, too, online students were not as strong as their residential peers.

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Death of a Traditional Lecture

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For example, Herman (2020) notes that student perception of online courses was overall negative (which could lead to decreased teaching evaluations). exam scores increased post adjustments). Hybrid courses with flexible participation: the HyFlex course design. For example, Ardissone et al. 3: 403-412.

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Death of a Traditional Lecture

Faculty Focus

For example, Herman (2020) notes that student perception of online courses was overall negative (which could lead to decreased teaching evaluations). exam scores increased post adjustments). Hybrid courses with flexible participation: the HyFlex course design. For example, Ardissone et al. 3: 403-412.